Project X-343B-WC (Lian Li Cube) Completed [WARNING: Lots of Pics! 56K Beware]

[Movieman]

ahhh,well,ahem...I got a 3 year old Canon A70..

[Jimmer411]

Very nice setup you have there. Tho personally I find the coolsleeves ugly

[MrToad]

Nice build massa. I also have the same enclosure, at the moment sitting in the workshop waiting to be butchered ^^

Very useful to see a real life application of this quality before I start hacking and slashing...

I'm also a fan of Bulgin switches (I put them everywhere that I need a bit of subtle bling), but I have a little thorn in my side.

I've never found switches like these anodized in black (I suppose is self defeating having an anti-vandalic switch that will lose it's coating after the first week of heavy battering ).

Does anyone know where I could source such thing?

[Grinch]

Mr. Grinch,

You have the most lovely daughters. Your photography skills only make them all the more pretty.

thank you very much..

ahhh,well,ahem...I got a 3 year old Canon A70..

still decent...

[mjassbong]

Very nice setup you have there. Tho personally I find the coolsleeves ugly

Thx! I didn't like coolsleeves either but this turned out pretty good, imo.

[mjassbong]

Nice build massa. I also have the same enclosure, at the moment sitting in the workshop waiting to be butchered ^^

Very useful to see a real life application of this quality before I start hacking and slashing...

I'm also a fan of Bulgin switches (I put them everywhere that I need a bit of subtle bling), but I have a little thorn in my side.

I've never found switches like these anodized in black (I suppose is self defeating having an anti-vandalic switch that will lose it's coating after the first week of heavy battering ).

Does anyone know where I could source such thing?

Believe me I also looked for that anodized black bulgin switch. No where to be found.

I hope you'll post pics of your install. I'd like to see what others are doing to their 343B. I didn't have to butcher mine much, infact hardly at all.

[MrToad]

Believe me I also looked for that anodized black bulgin switch. No where to be found.

I thought that much, because Bulgin switches are made of SS, and if my memory serves me well the process of anodizing SS differs greatly of the process used with AL, and the result's durability is questionable to say the least.

However, I'd like to find an alternative to the stock push buttons because I don't particularly like them.

I hope you'll post pics of your install. I'd like to see what others are doing to their 343B. I didn't have to butcher mine much, infact hardly at all.

I will, but it will take a while. The whole mod is still on the drawing board, because of this never ending fight between what I'd like to use and what, being realistic, I can source.

Edit: Wooohoooo!!!! I haven't found black Bulgin switches, but I've found black aluminium (housing and actuator) anti vandal switches, flush mount, illuminated or not. Unfortunately they only make the illuminated rings in black or green, not blue or white, but still...

Sometimes seeking help in other sub-forums yields good results ^^

[mjassbong]

I have a previous generation (actually second generation) 3007WFP S-IPS LG panel, as does my wife. There's this huge anxiety about Dell switching over to the cheaper Samsung panel... and I heard about the ghosting horrors with the PVA panel. I'm in the market for another one (my third) because my son wants one.

IanY: Since you have 2 of these, does any one or all of yours run hot? I find my 3007-HC to be the hottest in the system. The room gets warmed up, too warm for the summer SoCal heat, after a few minutes the LCD is turned on. Anyway to watercool these montsters?

[IanY]

IanY: Since you have 2 of these, does any one or all of yours run hot? I find my 3007-HC to be the hottest in the system. The room gets warmed up, too warm for the summer SoCal heat, after a few minutes the LCD is turned on. Anyway to watercool these montsters?

They are in the same room but not next to each other. They are on tables up against seperate room walls. They are hot monitors, but I recall I switched over from a 21 inch and a 24 inch CRT, so they are nowhere as hot as the old CRTs (Sonys). Sorry that I cannot lend you comfort against taming the heat, and in fact, the whole room of electronics creates somewhat of a sauna. I cool the room perpetually with a wall unit airconditioner that I run in fan mode in the fall and in the spring. In the summer, its unbearable without the A/C on because the humidity in teh East is obnoxious (even compared to So. Cal., and I lived there before for one year). Its only in the middle of winter (remember that this is New England here) that the room is comfortable in terms of temperature.

[Bun-Bun]

Dang... Nice build

And so many people here with all the expensive hobbies like me... I feel so at home... lol

BTW I have a Minolta 7D with far too many lens's and accesories... problem is I wish i would have known they would sell out to Sony so soon after my purchase... theres $10k of stuff I wont get back...

So now looking at getting a D200... dad has one adn makes me jealous everytime I am over...

[RX7boricua]

See, this is how I can tell you're whipped! A real man would've kept both 3007's for himself, and given his wife the ol' 15" CRT!

I have a previous generation (actually second generation) 3007WFP S-IPS LG panel, as does my wife. There's this huge anxiety about Dell switching over to the cheaper Samsung panel... and I heard about the ghosting horrors with the PVA panel. I'm in the market for another one (my third) because my son wants one.

[IanY]

Dang... Nice build

And so many people here with all the expensive hobbies like me... I feel so at home... lol

BTW I have a Minolta 7D with far too many lens's and accesories... problem is I wish i would have known they would sell out to Sony so soon after my purchase... theres $10k of stuff I wont get back...

So now looking at getting a D200... dad has one adn makes me jealous everytime I am over...

Along with the D200, I recommend the 18-200 f/3.5-5.6G AF-S with VRII. Its a good lens at a very decent price. There is also the 18-135 mm that is slightly cheaper. The SB-600 or SB-800 speedlight is a good complement.

[IanY]

See, this is how I can tell you're whipped! A real man would've kept both 3007's for himself, and given his wife the ol' 15" CRT!

Wise man say.. dog house by shed not so comfortable and warm/cool as bedroom...

Older wise man say.. one 3007WFP not bad when old wise man no pay for it... guess who paid for it

Very old wise man say.. 15 inch CRT ... no access to basic needs... big problem...

[Bun-Bun]

Along with the D200, I recommend the 18-200 f/3.5-5.6G AF-S with VRII. Its a good lens at a very decent price. There is also the 18-135 mm that is slightly cheaper. The SB-600 or SB-800 speedlight is a good complement.

yeah my dad also has the 18-200 VR... man I love that combo. Currently my fav's with the 7D are 17-35 and 24-105.

Dad actually has a spare D70s kicking around... might go pick up a 18-200 and just use his D70s until I can get the D200...

Wise man say.. dog house by shed not so comfortable and warm/cool as bedroom...

Older wise man say.. one 3007WFP not bad when old wise man no pay for it... guess who paid for it

Very old wise man say.. 15 inch CRT ... no access to basic needs... big problem...

[Turtle 1]

You can get anti vandal switches in many colors . including the blue lighted ones. Google is your friend.


http://www.globalspec.com/FeaturedPr...Switch/37784/1

[mjassbong]

Wise man say.. dog house by shed not so comfortable and warm/cool as bedroom...

Older wise man say.. one 3007WFP not bad when old wise man no pay for it... guess who paid for it

Very old wise man say.. 15 inch CRT ... no access to basic needs... big problem...

You are very wise indeed, my friend.

[mjassbong]

yeah my dad also has the 18-200 VR... man I love that combo. Currently my fav's with the 7D are 17-35 and 24-105.

Dad actually has a spare D70s kicking around... might go pick up a 18-200 and just use his D70s until I can get the D200...

I envy Nikonians for their 18-200 VR. I wish Canon would produce a lens with the same focal ranges, at 2.8 and with image stabilizer.

[MrToad]

You can get anti vandal switches in many colors . including the blue lighted ones. Google is your friend.


http://www.globalspec.com/FeaturedPr...Switch/37784/1

Thanks for the input.

See, the problem wasn't finding a manufacturer that would produce the kind of switches I wanted.

The problem was sourcing them in the UK and in single figure quantities.

[mjassbong]

You can get anti vandal switches in many colors . including the blue lighted ones. Google is your friend.


http://www.globalspec.com/FeaturedPr...Switch/37784/1

But but this is not a Bulgin vandal swtich. We're looking for a Bulgin with anodized or aluminum black body/frame.

[MrToad]

But but this is not a Bulgin vandal swtich. We're looking for a Bulgin with anodized or aluminum black body/frame.

Which unfortunately doesn't exist.+

Bulgin's anti vandal switches are made of SS, and due to the differences in the process (I don't even know if with SS using the term anodizing is correct or not), the end result's durability is not very good. And having an anti vandal product that's going to look tatty in a week is not a good selling point :P

Anyway, instead of searching for the impossible, I settled for a manufacturer called Saia-Burgess.

They do a nice range of black anodized aluminium anti vandal switches, that fit my aesthetic criteria, and are available through RS Components, which means I will have to pay a premium but I won't have to buy 1000

[ranker]

I hope you have better luck with your remote than I do. I'm not sure which model you have, but I purchased the Logisys remote a long time ago. The interference with other electronic components in the room (not even the PC itself) caused me to rethink about using it. I'm not sure if i got a defective model or if I should have purchased one from a different company like yours.

[virtualrain]

Mjassbong... nice setup. I'm working on a three loop system in the same case but I'm converting the mobo to a horizontal setup. While I'll be usuing dual rads, I'm curious... how much clearance is there above and below the PA120.3? Is the rad basically resting on the top of the rivets for the front casters and the pics you show of the top is therefore illustrative of how much net clearance you have?

[Jedda]

Get P30 into it and 1333 here we come.
Get your vitamins Here and P30 is out today.

[Waterlogged]

All this talk about 5D's, 30D's XTI's and other top notch photography gear has my Rebel XT feeling a bit inadequate. It has asked me to ask you to cease this behavior.

P.S. My Rebel GT has also started talking about suicide.

[MrToad]

Do you have part numbers?

RS Components stock no. is 665-635.

However, I just realized I have to double check the dimensions of the original mounting hole, because this one is for 16.2mm hole, not 19mm like the Bulgin.

Anyway, this will have to wait, time for work...